@magictome,
Some of the big pollution concerns that DONT come from highways are the old reports that lead from exhaust pipes has entered the watercourses.
Some pollution that DOES occur is the pollution of streams with road salt during the spring runnoff. SOmetimes , in really cold snowy years, the salt burden into streams can be so high that it kills trout and suckers.
Air pollution from exhausts is just as severe from other stationary sources also, so to distinguish the sources wed need specific sampling monitors.